NY S09821 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31)
Status: Introduced on April 7 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-04-07 - REFERRED TO LABOR
Pending: Senate Labor Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.

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Title

Enacts the "Empowering People in Rights Enforcement (EMPIRE) Worker Protection Act"; relates to the delegation of state enforcement authority to private actors; authorizes an affected employee, whistleblower, representative organization or an organizational deputy to initiate a public enforcement action on behalf of the commissioner for certain provisions of the labor law, or any regulation promulgated thereunder.

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History

DateChamberAction
2026-04-07SenateREFERRED TO LABOR

Same As/Similar To

A04278 (Same As) 2026-01-07 - referred to labor

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